“HOW ARE THEY?”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 1

“HOW ARE THEY?”

INTEREST IN THE FLIGHT ALL BLACKS TEMPORARILY FORGOTTEN “How are the flyers?” That was the question asked throughout the city this morning. For once the All Blacks have had to take a back seat. Nobody set|ned the least bit interested in their match to-morrow in South Africa. A Sun representative who did a round of city offices this morning was greeted by the same question, “How are the flyers?” Even the office boys were all ears to hear the reply. Prominent business men and Government officials, usually so busy on the work of Saturday morning, dropped their pens and documents to listen to the news of the flight. Telephones tinkled ceaselessly. Information, that useful encyclopaedia graciously provided by the Government, scarcely had time to breathe. Wireless enthusiasts throughout the city who were fortunate enough to be able to hear Brisbane were besieged with inquiries. Passengers in tramcars could talk of nothing else but the wonderful flight across the Pacific Ocean. They seemed to accept the wonder of it with the deference due to a great exploit. Captain Kingsford Smith and his companions are the heroes of the hour, even in far-away New Zealand.